For Immediate Release: November 3, 2009
Media Contact: Margot Perez-Sullivan, 415.990.1176
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EPA, federal, state, Navajo Nation hold second summit to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation
GALLUP– Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with four other federal agencies, the Navajo Nation, congressional staff, academia, state, tribal and local government representatives, community members and nongovernment organizations are meeting to discuss the progress of the five-year plan to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation. The five-year plan, requested by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is the first comprehensive strategy to address uranium-related contamination issues throughout the Navajo Nation, which spans three states and is roughly the size of
The conference is being held at the Gallup Inn 2915 W. Historic Highway 66 in
For more information on abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/sfund/navajo-nation/index.html
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